01 Dec 1917
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Newspaper
Denton Journal
Location
Denton, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1917
Page
1
Sidney Harper, a stock clerk, helps Muriel Hope escape a cruel morning at the factory gate. Their day of shared respite leads to confessions about hardship, a burgeoning trust, and a hinted future as he reveals he owns the nearby house and lot.
A tourist recounts spending a night in Nuevo Leon in a derelict hotel consisting of a dining room and a kitchen with two rooms. He was shown to a sleeping spot in a corn patch between rows with a blanket for covering and an old mat as a pillow. He paid in advance without complaint and slept soundly despite the rough conditions.
In a frontier county two factions led by Dan Babbitt and Jed Breckitt fight over the register's office moved by raiders. Dr. Hector Fairbanks aids a wounded man and in turn eyeing Dora Doliver as he becomes entangled in the county seat struggle. The registry is dragged toward Princeville, with warnings of further clashes as officers and riders confront each other.
A witty exchange contrasts service standards with humor about a janitor in a dress suit acting as an emergency man at bridge. A separate anecdote recalls a trawler entering a port and fouling two ships, replying to the commodore with a bold claim and a boastful self reference to being the Star o Bethlehem and having set fo' th' night.
The Bulgarian army's usual transport was the ox cart used in the first advance into Serbia. Now motor trucks replace it. An officer in charge of supply says one truck does the work of 500 oxen, 250 carts, and 300 men daily.
Recognizing the value of dogs, Alaskan races pension aging animals and provide homes. Big firms fund purses for annual sweepstakes, with towns suspending business and locals of all ages betting. From April to the next spring, Nome Salomon Topcock and others anticipate the great event revitalizing the region.
A quiet moment captures a poet scrolling phrases about cerulean infinity and imagined freedom. He notes a future use for the line cerulean Infinity, then laments the real cost of ham and beans in a lunchroom. He returns to the bustling throng with a resigned sigh.
A Columbus State Journal column urges dropping the term kid when addressing children. It argues the word degrades a child into a goat, harming dignity and self worth. The piece calls for using human terms that foster respect, sympathy, and love toward the young.
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